Primus

I'd say no on the four legs part, as the whole point was that it was based on a creature from Avatar that had six legs.

I could really care less if you change the color scheme though.

Why didn't I think of putting Bohrok eyes in those Ben10 pieces? Pretty nifty there.

But, that lower torso's not doin'. I think widening the hips and raising them up a little while filling out the upper torso more would do wonders.

In fact, the torso is really narrow, and those huge shoulders emphasize that really well. I think ditching the Whenua mask would look better. Back still needs more, but it's a WIP, so I'm just throwin that out there.

Feet are pretty spiffy, and I can appreciate the use of those System thruster do-dads.

Leg to torso connection's pretty funky, but otherwise this is pretty neat!

It's all right. Now where's the guy that built that samurai? B)

Oh hey that's me!

Anyways, this was pretty dang sweet to see in person.

The forward bit.

Legs are good. What you need to do is fill in the back. That empty space is throwing a lot of stuff out of whack.

Ahhh. This is hard. But that Technic fig looks yummy.

Right now I'm trying to decide between The Tin Man and Prometheus.

Why not do both?

I mean, you can enter multiple MOCs after all...

I can dig all the foliage and sawblade nunchucks and such.

Actually, I can dig all of this except for the back as it's not finished etc.

You can do that? I thought staff names had to stay the same.

Out of curiosity, are we allowed to take advantage of this contest and take some of the MOCs that are obviously from your earlier days, and of lower quality?

Most definitely.

Can I change a color scheme totally? And could you give some guidelines on what should be different and what should stay the same?

Yes and no. You really have to be your own judge here and say, "Gee, is this an entirely different MOC that I'm going to say is an improvement of this? Or have I managed to retain the core aspect of the MOC?"

You see, most of my stuff ends up getting built because of an idea or a part combination. If you retain that idea or part combination, I'll be able to pick up on that.

So, sure you could radically change the color scheme if you view it as an improvement. And you can radically change how it looks if you view it as an improvement (that's kinda the point). You have to be your own judge. And there's some challenge to that, that's for sure.

@Waffles: You know, I think you'd be able to improve this little guy pretty darn well, if you cant decide on something.

I will try your Amalgam.

 

are ben10/HF parts allowed?

If it's Lego, it's allowed.

The first one is <3

Yep, I answered that question in an earlier post.

I do want to point out that any exact replicas of something will not be accepted as valid entries.

Just thought I'd throw that out there in case anyone was gonna try to do that.

^Sure! And it just has to look like a version of one of my MOCs in your style. And better, of course.

If I can tell that your MOC is a version of one of mine, it goes onto the first judging round. After that, I make no guarantees.

^Sure! I'm giving some creative leeway here. Feel free to deviate from how the MOC's setup. If you think that it'd be an improvement for the vehicle to not have a Technic Fig, than by all means don't use one.

Basically, I'd like it if you take one of my MOCs, and take it in a direction that you like without horribly deviating from the original concept (changing the scale or making it unmanned doesn't deviate from the concept. Taking a land thing and turning it into an air plane, now that's some deviation).

But really, if you can justify it as an improvement, I'm totally fine with changes. And I don't really care how you justify it. I don't really care if you completely fabricate your justification, you just have to justify it.

Actually, it gets really annoying having to drive through it every morning.

Oh hey. I didn't see the rooster in the Brickshelf, so I wanted to know if it was an OK MoC to redesign.

Any MOC's ok to redesign. And it's also right here

^Sure

Considering I'm never more than 2 miles away from a source of water in this state, it kinda makes sense that we get fog almost every morning.

I'm hoping that by excessive System you mean like 90% System?

Laka

Yeah. Like, anything over 80% would lose you some serious bonus points.

Justify it how you will, it just has to be an improvement in your book.

Oh, come on Primus. How the heck are we supposed to improve?

I've got plenty of rather bad stuff that needs improving on. Come on, get creative! That's kinda the point

Exactly. That's the way to handle some criticism.

And practice makes perfect, as the saying goes.